—I’M JUST TRYING TO HOLD UP  

  

…I think I may have the brightest blood in the world. My nose keeps seeping and I keep dabbing at it (see photo above.) It may just be my crazy imagination, but those red smears are like cloud patterns to me. There’s a seagull, The Pentagon, and a question mark. What do you think?

 

…It only takes sixty seconds, two heartfelt lines, to make someone’s day brighter, so let’s do it.

 

…I’ve never wanted to blow my nose more in my life. I think I’ve got at least 12 Samsonite suitcases in there. (Sorry if that’s TMI.)

 

…“I think, as poets, we are in the odd position of constantly defending our art form. Which is funny and also sort of invigorating, too. No one really says, "Oh, you're a lawyer? I've never understood the law. In fact, I kind of hate it." Or, "Oh, you wait tables? I didn't know that was something people did." I say it can be invigorating because, on some level, we have to evaluate what we do and why we do it almost daily. We have to explain ourselves to people all the time. We have to say, "Yes, I am a unicorn, believe in me." Ada Limon

 

…If I know one thing, it’s that there’s a lot of bad TV out there, but some people seem to like it. Chicago Med for example.

 

…The two biggest words in the world are I promise.

 

…Fruit flies—not sure why God created them

 

…I’ve got the demon laughing in my ear again, sweet as Tuesday Weld, smoking a spent Tareyton.

 

…There’s no hard feeling, no bad vibes.

 

…Even the bad days are good ones.

 

…“The rejection you get while you’re trying to learn to be yourself is insane.” Sydney Sweeny

 

…Posthumous Mac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrEEiS6lQHo&list=PLBB02CB85AFE2A582&index=4

 

…“It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses.”— Colette

 

…Lizzy McAlpine – Pancakes For Dinner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rIH5Akx6zI

 

…It’s another quiet ending over here.